God does not want to remove your memories; he wants to redeem them. He wants to transform them into something good, something that will make you more like Jesus. Do you see the hope this offers Christians? Your bad memories of your past sins – even the worst ones – can be opportunities for life-changing growth. You do not need to avoid, run from, cover over, or get rid of your past. You can reinterpret it God’s way. God’s goal is neither memory erasure nor memory denial, but memory redemption.
— Robert Jones (b. 1959), Fachbuchautor, Pastor, Konfliktberater und Professor für Biblische Seelsorge
Topics: Growth & Character, Grief & Comfort
Robert Jones
Robert D. Jones (geb. 1959) ist ein US-amerikanischer Pastor, Mediator und Professor für Biblische Seelsorge am Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kentucky. Er steht für eine schriftgebundene Seelsorge und wurde vor allem durch Fachbücher zur christlichen Konfliktbewältigung, Vergebung und zum Umgang mit Zorn bekannt. Für Bibelleser bieten seine Arbeiten praxisnahe theologische Zugänge, um zwischenmenschliche Spannungen und seelische Belastungen auf biblischer Grundlage zu reflektieren.
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Discipline is choosing what you want most over what you want now.
Craig Groeschel
Humility is so shy. If you begin talking about it, it leaves.
Tim Keller
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson
Being a Christian is not a 'do-it-yourself' affair.
Jerry Bridges
Christ accepts us as we are, but he does not leave us as we are.
Ingrid Trobisch
John Newton
Charles Haddon Spurgeon